PLAYER PROFILE

ROCKY VALVANO

STATISTICS & HISTORY

Rocky Valvano was a high school basketball star at Newtown High School in Queens, New York, nicknamed the “Corona Comet.) In later years, Valvano was  a longtime high school coach and athletic director in Queens. His son Jim Valvano was a successful college basketball coach. While the head coach at North Carolina State, his team won the 1983 NCAA Championship.

 

ROCKY VALVANO Height: 6:00 Weight: 160 College: Savage’36
Rocco Anthony Valvano Born:  May 29, 1914 Died:   Mar 27, 1985 Hometown: Queens, NY
Father of College Coach Jim Valvano REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1932-33 Corena AC Indep
1935-36 Savage College
1938-39 New York ABL 4 4 4 12 3.0
1939-40 New York ABL 3 1 6 8 2.7
1940-41 New York ABL Injured – Did Not Play
1941-42 Jamaica Indians QBL
1943-44 Brooklyn ABL 2 2 0 4 2.0
1946-47 Long Island-Brooklyn NYNJ 3 1 8 10 3.3
Major League Totals 9 7 10 24 2.7
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